Course
Descriptions
HIST 801 America Interpreted
An introductory (required)
graduate readings course in American historiography. The class examines the
leading schools of historical opinion from the founding of American society
through the modern era.
HIST 803 Historical Methods
This required course will
introduce graduate students to the history profession and to the tools and
methods used by historians.
HIST 848 Readings in American History
A variable themed graduate
level course. Topics in American history will include both key issues and
periods in history as well as historiographical disputes. May be repeated for
credit. Some examples of course topics are: Age of Jackson, American
Borderlands, American Constitutional History, American Religion, American West,
American Women's History, Civil Rights, Civil War, Cold War, Colonial America,
Great Depression, Hispanics in America, Historical Preservation, Indians &
Empires, Modern West, Native American History, Nebraska History, Plains
Indians, Popular Music, Popular Culture, Public History, Reconstruction,
Revolutionary Origins, Sports History, U.S. Latin American Relations, World War
II, etc.
HIST 849 Readings in World History
A variable themed graduate
level course. Topics in European or World history will include both key issues
and periods in history as well as historiographical disputes. May be repeated
for credit. Some examples of course topics are: 17th Century Europe, 19th
Century Britain, 19th Century Britain, 19th Century European History, The
British Empire, English History, Ethnic Conflict, French Revolution &
Napoleon, Gender & War, German Unification, Holocaust, Imperial Russia,
India, Medieval England, Medieval Europe, Modern Britain, Modern Germany, Nazi
Germany, Reformation, Russian Revolution, Seapower in History, Stalin's Russia,
Tudor/Stuart History, Vikings, War & Society, Wars of Religion, Weimar
Republic, World War I, WWII in Asia, etc.
HIST 894 Introduction to Thesis
Prereq: HIST 801 and HIST 803
and admission to the MA History program
A required course for
graduate students pursuing the thesis option. Prepares students to conduct
primary research, construct historical arguments, identify historiographical
patterns, and begin the writing process.
HIST 896 - Thesis
- 1-6 hours
Independent study directed by a history
graduate faculty member for students who are approved to pursue the thesis option.
HIST 899 Directed Readings
Independent readings on
advanced history topics. Readings to be selected and directed by a history
graduate faculty member. A 3 credit hour Directed Readings course is required
for students pursuing the thesis option.